33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending December 22.
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December 26, 2016
December 26, 2016
Fewer Americans Use The Postal Service This Holiday Season
Americans say they didn’t use the U.S. Postal Service quite as much this holiday season, but they give the federal agency slightly higher marks for its job performance than they have in the pa
December 24, 2016
Russia Hacking: Where's the Evidence? by Ted Rall
At the smallest, worst newspaper in the world -- even at a high school paper -- no sane editor would publish a story that wasn't backed by solid evidence. As the 20th century print journalism cliche goes, if your mother says she loves you, check it out. So why are the nation's most prestigious multi-Pulitzer-winning newsgathering organizations repeatedly claiming that hackers working for the Russian government stole emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, and gave them to WikiLeaks?
December 24, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 24, 2016
Let’s put politics on pause to reflect at least briefly on the peaceful message of Christmas.
December 23, 2016
Europe's Future -- Merkel or Le Pen? By Patrick J. Buchanan
The terrorist who hijacked a truck in Berlin and ran over and killed 12 people, maiming and wounding 48 more, in that massacre in the Christmas market, has done more damage than he could imagine.
December 23, 2016
20% of Men Are Last-Minute Shoppers This Christmas
As usual, men are waiting to the last minute to do their holiday shopping, but they’re also planning to spend more than women compared to a year ago.
December 23, 2016
Americans Are Ready for a Joyous Christmas
Americans overwhelmingly continue to celebrate Christmas, and it remains the nation's top holiday.
December 23, 2016
Some Christmastime Advice for Pundits and Partisans By Michael Barone
Now that the 538 electors have voted -- and, with only the most minor of exceptions, for the expected candidates -- we can marvel at how such a huge difference in public policies can be made by just a few votes, the 77,744 votes by which Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton for the 46 electoral votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
December 22, 2016
More Are Going A-Visiting This Christmas Season
More Americans will be having guests for the holidays.
December 22, 2016
Americans React Calmly to Berlin Attack
While Europe cleans up the mess from its latest terrorist outrage, Americans aren’t overly concerned about terror on these shores this holiday season and don’t expect more of it in the years to come.
December 22, 2016
Should Some Immigrants Get Preference Over Others?
When it comes to legal immigration policies, voters still oppose giving special preference to some over others.
December 21, 2016
Voters Have More Faith in U.S. Society These Days
Voters’ faith in society has jumped since the beginning of the year.
December 21, 2016
Do Most Immigrants Want the American Dream?
Voters strongly believe in the dreams of newcomers to America but remain more skeptical about whether new immigrants share those dreams.
December 21, 2016
Michelle Obama's Christmas Lump of Coal by Michelle Malkin
Just what we all need to ring in the Christmas season: Un-merry millionaire Michelle Obama belly-aching about the burdens and sacrifices of public life with billionaire Oprah Winfrey.
December 21, 2016
Close Them Down! By John Stossel
Donald Trump is appointing good people -- Andy Puzder, for example, Trump's nominee for labor secretary.
December 21, 2016
Bubba’s Shift from Man of People to Elitist Is Complete By Charles Hurt
Bill Clinton is a lot of things, but out-of-touch elitist snob has never been one of them. Until now.
President-elect Donald Trump has so thoroughly turned the political world upside down and inside out that he has now entirely defanged the most potent and effective operative dominating the American political scene for nearly 30 years.
December 21, 2016
Happy Days Are Here Again?
Following Donald Trump's election as president, Americans are more optimistic about the future than they have been in over four years.
December 20, 2016
Most Don’t See Need for More Legal Immigrants Even with Border Control
Most voters continue to favor legal immigration but don’t support increasing the number allowed into the country even if illegal immigration is finally gotten under control.
December 20, 2016
How the Political Rules Changed in 2016 By Michael Barone
Over the 40-some years that I have been working or closely observing the political campaign business, the rules of the game haven't changed much. Technology has changed the business somewhat, but the people who ran campaigns in the 1970s could have (and in some cases actually have) run them four decades later.
December 20, 2016
The 'Diversity' Fraud By Thomas Sowell
Nothing so epitomizes the politically correct gullibility of our times as the magic word "diversity." The wonders of diversity are proclaimed from the media, extolled in the academy and confirmed in the august chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States. But have you ever seen one speck of hard evidence to support the lofty claims?
